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Back in the day, google recognized that people linking to other people on the open web was in fact a form of human feedback. Of course, these days many users d
by Kim_Bruning 3y ago
Back in the day, google recognized that people linking to other people on the open web was in fact a form of human feedback.
Of course, these days many users don't have their own personal websites anymore. (or in % terms, probably less than when google first started). But that's a story for another day.
- xnx 3y agoExactly. The original thesis of Google assumed humans creating earnest links between related/valuable content. In the modern web that realistically only happens in closed and semi-closed social networks. The vast majority of links on public web pages must now be assumed to be for calculated SEO value. There's a slim sliver of hope that a more open/federated system will replace Twitter (and ideally Facebook/Instagram too). I wish Google would do more to encourage this via Blogger or other mechanisms.